by Melinda Snodgrass | Apr 1, 2017 | Blog
In case anyone missed it. Big news on the Wild Cards front. Wild Cards to Broadway
by Melinda Snodgrass | Jan 10, 2017 | Blog
We have a Wild Cards Website, and every so often various writers who play in our shared sandbox write blog posts. Stephen Leigh who has been with us since the beginning of the series has done a blog post about one of our most iconic villain — Senator Gregg Hartmann. It certainly feels relevant at this particular moment. You can read it here: Pulling Strings; the Saga of Gregg Hartmann aka Puppetman
by Melinda Snodgrass | Oct 3, 2016 | Blog
A Man for All Seasons – Act One Roper: So now you’d give the Devil benefit of law! More: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil? Roper: I’d cut down every law in England to do that! More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you — where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country’s planted thick with laws from coast to coast — man’s laws, not God’s — and if you cut them...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Jul 17, 2016 | Blog
I can’t believe I’m writing about this again, but as I type three more police officers have been killed today. Three others are in the hospital. As the shooting was occurring the Baton Rouge police were putting out warnings about men armed with long guns — _In a state with open carry_. I know this is going to earn me howls and objections, but can we stipulate that in a civil society open carry is crazy? At this point police forces around the country are worried if not down...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Jul 8, 2016 | Blog
Over on Facebook I’ve been nattering on about horses and the World Science Fiction Convention because I truly cannot make sense of Dallas. Or perhaps it’s all painfully obvious and understandable, and I’m trying to avoid facing it. We have a divided society with economic and social inequality. We have a fraught history as regards race in this country which we have never honestly faced. We have an increasingly militarized police force and minority populations who feel...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Jul 4, 2016 | Blog
I am so glad to be home. No moon, so the sky is like black crystal. The Milky Way looks like a gossamer shawl thrown over Heaven’s shoulders. The longer I look the more stars seem to appear. There are the big, bold ones trying to see who can throw the most light, and then the small, shy ones peeping out from behind them like elf children. There is a soft breeze carrying the scent of piñon and juniper, and making the trees sigh and dip. My wind chimes are singing to each other. ...
